Date (Creation)

1856

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608203

Maintenance and update frequency

notPlanned Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

• Geological maps
• Mineralogy
• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
• Geological mapping
• Gravity anomalies
• Geology
• Magnetic surveys
• Minerals
• Seismology
• EGDI
• Geological surveys
• Geophysical maps
• Groundwater

dataCentre

• data.gov.uk (non-INSPIRE)
• EGDI

Keywords

• NERC_DDC

Access constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations

Other constraints

The dataset is made freely available for access, e.g. via the Internet. Either no third party data / information is contained in the dataset or BGS has secured written permission from the owner(s) of any third party data / information contained in the dataset to make the dataset freely accessible.

Use constraints

otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Spatial representation type

grid Grid

Denominator

50000

Denominator

100000

Denominator

200000

Denominator

250000

Denominator

350000

Denominator

500000

Denominator

625000

Denominator

750000

Denominator

1000000

Denominator

1500000

Denominator

1584000

Denominator

3000000

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Topic category

• Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

GBN

Date (Revision)

2009

Geographic identifier

GREAT BRITAIN [id=139600]

Date (Creation)

1979

Begin date

1856

End date

2013

Unique resource identifier

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Distribution format

• PDF file (.pdf) ()

OnLine resource

The BGS Maps Portal provides access to over 45 000 high-resolution viewing images of almost all the small, medium and large scale maps produced by the BGS since mapping started in 1832 right up to the most recent maps released in 2020. It incorporates all the earlier maps and history pages that were previously made available through the BGS ‘Historical maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland’ web resource. ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

The BGS Maps Portal provides access to over 45 000 high-resolution viewing images of almost all the small, medium and large scale maps produced by the BGS since mapping started in 1832 right up to the most recent maps released in 2020. It incorporates all the earlier maps and history pages that were previously made available through the BGS ‘Historical maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland’ web resource.

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Other

dataset

Statement

Paper maps created by the geological survey between 1856 - 2013. The paper maps were scanned to TIF image format at 300 dpi as part a scanning project from c. 2000 to the present day. JPEG2000 and PDF derivatives were created from the master TIF scans.

File identifier

1271805e-5536-6697-e063-0937940a1d85 XML

Metadata language

EnglishEnglish

Hierarchy level

dataset Dataset

Date stamp

2025-11-13

Metadata standard name

UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608203